Chapter 14: Big News!

"Features!?" Ace was slightly startled when he heard this term for the first time. But immediately, he put aside what he didn't understand and began to worry about Charizard.

Rotom had mentioned that if Charizard is stimulated too much, it is likely to lose control and cause damage. Regardless of whether this damage refers to Charizard's destructive power or Charizard's own well-being, just losing control a little indicates that this is not good for Charizard!

"It seems it's a little too early to let Charizard fight," Ace sighed and murmured, "But it's so aggressive that most people can't stop it!"

Observing the centre of the battlefield, where smoke and fire collided, Ace decided to join the battle again. Even if he couldn't hit Smoker, it would still be good to take a few hits for Charizard. At least it could alleviate the risk of Charizard losing control.

But just when Ace was about to leave to join the battle, Smoker's small move caught his attention!

In the battlefield, Smoker dangled and barely avoided Charizard's flames.

Boom!

The blazing flames drew a straight beam of light in the void and struck an unlucky ship in the rear. In an instant, the ship was pierced by a big hole in the flames, and a fire started.

However, Smoker, who was about to escape the flames, did not adjust his posture and continued fighting immediately. Instead, he quickly dusted his clothes twice and patted away a few pieces of soot that had gotten on his clothes.

Immediately afterward, Smoker transformed into an element again, controlled his broken jitti and fought against Charizard.

For a moment, fire was everywhere. Terrible flames swept across the earth, and the scorching heat distorted the surrounding air. The entire port was like an abyss of hell, with blazing flames everywhere.

Ace's eyes were fixed, and when he saw Smoker's forward and backward movements, he immediately thought of something.

"Could it be that his weapon is actually a magic weapon that can touch him?"

Thoughts flashed past.

In the flames, the figure of Charizard suddenly appeared, waving his flaming claws and grabbing Smoker heavily.

"Damn, where did this monster come from!?" At this moment, Smoker had already put away his previous contempt and was highly focused every minute and every second. But the doubts in his heart still lingered.

Although his weapon is not made of pure seastone, its hardness is by no means something that ordinary people can break! How could such a terrifying attack fall on him...

Smoker had reason to suspect that he might be bitten in two parts in an instant.

"When did such a monster appear in the East Blue?" Smoker was puzzled.

Thick smoke rose again, shrouding the surrounding area. Smoker, who urgently needed to adjust his posture, tried to block Charizard's view with smoke.

But at this moment, his expression suddenly froze, and a sense of weakness suddenly came over him. He was so concentrated that he didn't notice that Ace had quietly picked up the broken half of his weapon and came to his side while the smoke was rising.

Bang!

The terrifying strange force crashed into his body! In an instant, Smoker flew out like a kite with its string broken, hit the container next to him, and fell deeply into it. There was a bloody mist lingering in the air.

"I see, you can't turn into smoke when you encounter this thing, right?" Ace, who succeeded in the sneak attack, showed a wicked smile and weighed the jittu fragments in his hand twice. "How stupid are you to carry something that can weaken you at all times?"

"Chaa!?" On the side, Charizard, dissatisfied with the fight, had red eyes and looked at Ace.

In the fierce state of fire, even if it could maintain its sanity, its temper is several times worse.

"Hey, fighting is not our theme today!" Ace didn't care about the state of Charizard. He stepped forward and hugged Charizard's neck. Regardless of the burning flames, he said intimately, "Don't forget, after Deus has purchased the supplies, we have to hold a welcome banquet for Skull!"

"We're going to have a good drink today!"

Upon hearing the banquet, Charizard's irritable eyes suddenly froze. Immediately afterward, the smell of burnt paste reached its nose. Charizard then saw that Ace, who was close to him, had been burned red by the flames.

"Cha!" It instantly realised something; its brain gradually regained consciousness, and the raging flame energy also began to gradually recover. 

Charizard looked at Ace with some remorse.

"Don't look like that. I'm fine." Ace smiled brightly, as if nothing was wrong. 

"Hey! Ace~!!! Charizard~!!!" A pirate ship slowly sailed from the corner to the center of the port.

On the pirate ship, Deus was waving his arms and shouting: "Everything has been bought, and the navy is coming to the port. We have to prepare to run away!"

"Got it! It's just the right time!" Ace replied loudly, with a slight smile on his lips. He raised his head and showed a happy smile. "Our partners are really reliable!"

"Let's go, Charizard." As soon as he finished speaking, Ace sat on Charizard again and patted its wings gently.

"Asshole! Don't even think about running away!" At this time, Smoker, who was attacked by Ace, endured the pain, and his body turned into white smoke again, suddenly blocking Ace and the others.

On the first day he took office, he was defeated by pirates. 

Smoker would never allow such a thing to happen!

However, he who attaches too much importance to the power of his devil fruit should have thought of today's situation.

Ace shook the seastone weapon in his hand at him and said with a smile: "Uncle, you'd better stop being so pretentious! Your gift is not bad. It gives me more confidence to enter the Grandline. Thank you!"

"Hump!"

Charizard humped at Smoker and flapped its wings, and its body slowly rose into the sky. 

Smoker's legs instantly turned into billowing smoke, and he looked like he was desperately trying to stop them.

But Ace just smiled softly and reminded calmly. "By the way, uncle! I forgot to tell you something! Smoke is not only your strong point! Charizard, use a smoke screen~"

Ace ordered in a loud voice. "Roar!" With a low cry, Charizard suddenly spit out a large piece of dark smoke from its mouth, like an endless curtain, covering the entire LogueTown port in an instant.

"Cough!" Ace coughed twice as Charizard flapped its wings again. In an instant, a man in the back of the orange dragon flew into the sky, heading towards the pirate ship.

"Asshole, don't run!!!" 

Smoker desperately activated his devil fruit ability, and his body rose rapidly. But when he rushed out of the smoke screen, Ace's figure had already reached the sea.

If he rushes over again at this time and is accidentally knocked into the sea, the game will be over! 

"Damn!" 

Smoker waved his broken weapon fiercely, with anger and shame on his face.

He seemed to be able to see how tomorrow's newspapers would publish his arrival! 

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Three days later. 

A reward order is quietly scattered to every corner of the sea.

Windmill Town. 14-year-old Luffy is already half-grown.

At this time, he was sitting excitedly in Makino's tavern, looking at the reward order that had just fallen out of the village chief's newspaper.

[Dragon Rider Ace]

[Crime: Captain of the Spade Pirates, destroying the port of LogueTown.]

[Bounty: 80 million Baileys]

[DEAD or ALIVE! ]

(End of chapter)